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Wikinvest Wire

The ADP employment report showed an 8,000 job increase in private hiring during March. While not a reason to throw a party, it was better than the expected 70,000 job decrease. ADP has been hit and miss over the last year - sometimes right on, other times wildly different from the Friday employment numbers. Futures traded up slightly on the news.